Nail holder



June 16, 1931. O Ei u 1,810,460

NAIL HOLDER Filed May 28, 1928 ATTORNEY.

Patented June 16 1931' UNITED STATES:

rsmaee OSCAR BREI HAUPT, or DETROIT, mom-Gan NAIL HOLDER Application filed ma '28, 1923-. Serial, no. 981,252.

My invention relates to a. new and useful together.

It is another objectof the invention to provide in a nail holder of this class having a nail trough rotatable means for engaging disarranged nails and assisting the movement ofthe same into arranged position.

Other objects will appearhereinafter.

The invention consists in'the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which, Y i Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of pos1te edges of thetrough, and because of the the invention.

Fig, 3 is asectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on'line 44 of Fig. 2. Y

The invention comprises a container 7 having a retaining band 7 An opening 8 is formed in the base 9 of the container and projecting downwardly from the base are the spaced Walls 10 and 11 provided at their forward ends with forwardly projecting tongues 13 and 12 respectively. These walls 10 and 11 aresecured at their lower edges to trough-formingmembers 14 and 15, each having their basesinclined as clearly appears in Fig. 2, and spaced from each other at their inner edges to provide a slot in which the nails used therewith may ride. The forward ends of these troughforming members 14 and 15. are provided with angularly turned portions 15 and '17, on each of whichvis formed an upwardly projecting tongue 16 or'18. Secured to the mounted thereontongues 16 and 18 is a resilient plate 19 hay ing', its" lower end 20 inclined to the. horizontal and positioned within the trough. Secured to theforward end of these trough forming"members 14 and 15, at opposite sides, are resilient strips 21 and 22, each of the trough-forming members -1 4.and 15 being provided at the forward end with an elongated slot through which projects the bolt which serves to secure the member 21 or 22 to the trough-forming members. As shown in the drawings, the outer or free ends of'these strips 21 and 22 are inclined upwardly, this inclination being effected by bending. stop comprising a resilient strip 23 is secured to the outer surface of the tongue 16 adjacent the upper end and donbled upon itself'to provide a J shapedstructure which terminates at its free-end 24 forwardly of the end of the strips 21 and 22, so

as to serve as a yieldable abu'tmentfor limiting the movement of thegnails 26 in the slot inthe trough shaped member; s

By forming-the strips 21 and 22 in the manner indicated and locating them as described, as the nails slide downwardly in the trough, the heads thereof will engage opinclination, a number of the nails will be segregated from the remainder, as clearly appears in Fig. 2, the number being dependent upon the length of the angularly turned portions of the members 21 and .22, this length beingregulated dependent upon the number of nails required to be segregated and dependent upon the size of nails with which the trough is used. Because of the adjustable feature resulting from the elongated slot 25, the strips 21 and 22 may be used to segregate a different number of nails by adjusting the length of the angularlyturned portion extending forwardly of the ends of the members 14 and 15. In the use of such a device, especially when used by shinglers, it is quite commonly desired'that-twoof the nails be gripped simultaneously, and I haveillustratedsuch a structure in Fig. 2. I

a sleeve 28 positioned between the tongues -12 and 13, this sleeve 28 forming a hub, and

radiating outwardly therefrom are angle blades 29. This structure is provided to prevent the passage of nails which 'fall through the opening 8 and down the inclination 30 into the trough from passing forwardly to the outlet end in disarranged position, the ends of the arms 29 engaging the disarranged nails and serving to dislodge the same from their disarranged position, so that they may project through the slot, as shownin Fig. 2. This arrangement is such that a practical operativeness of the device is assured at all times. As the nails project, the members 21 and 22 will then move theretoward'in the proper position for segregation from the succeeding nails.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form. of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a nail holder of the class described: a trough provided with a longitudinally extended slot; a pair of spaced extensions mounted on an open end of said trough and projecting beyond said end, the projecting ends of said extensions being angularly upwardly turned; and a J-shaped resilient closure for said end of said trough.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

OSCAR BREITHAUPT. 

